-The Business Standard Public discussion on falling poverty hits a new low The Lok Sabha was adjourned for a short duration on Wednesday following an uproar over the government’s latest figures for poverty. This follows widespread public outrage at those figures. A dispassionate observer of this discussion may be led to conclude that either poverty has risen dramatically or the government has somehow fudged the figures inexcusably and obviously. Elsewhere perhaps,...
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House vents poverty fury, seeks Montek’s head
-The Telegraph The Lok Sabha erupted today over the latest poverty estimates, with calls from the Opposition to disband the Planning Commission and sack its deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. “Montek does not know this country and the poor. He is far removed from the ground realities. He should be removed. Close down this Planning Commission. It is of no use,” Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal (United) said. His outrage was at...
More »LS members lambast Montek, seek disbandment of panel-J Balaji
Lok Sabha members, cutting across party lines, on Wednesday lambasted Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia for the “cut-off poverty line” estimate released by the Commission and sought his removal as well as its disbandment “for deceiving the country and cheating people”. “This is a cruel joke on the poor,” the members asserted and demanded a statement from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Speaker Meira Kumar too expressed her concern on the...
More »Plan panel sticks to figures, says poverty came down 7.3% in 10 years
-The Times of India Even as the opposition accused the government of tampering with poverty figures, Planning Commission stuck to its stand that poverty had declined by 7.3% between 2004-05 and 2009-10, a period when the Congress-led UPA has been in power. "You can put whatever poverty line you want, the fact is... the decline in poverty is twice the decline in the previous 11 years," Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh...
More »Growth is necessary to remove poverty, and interventions like NREGA help
-The Economic Times Over the first five years of the UPA government, the number of India's poor fell from 37% of the population to a little less than 30% of the population and rural poverty fell faster than urban poverty did. A closer look at the numbers shows that states performed very differently when it came to poverty reduction through the years 2004-05 to 2009-10. States like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Orissa...
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